Tag Archives: Military Madness
It’s time to transform the “War Economy” into a “Peace Economy” that values all humanity!
We must dare to speak out in support of those American war resisters, the real military heros…
No foreign bases: Challenging the footprint of US Empire
“95% of all foreign military bases in the world are US bases. In addition, [there are] 19 Naval air carriers (and 15 more planned), each as part of a Carrier Strike Group, composed of roughly 7,500 personnel, and a carrier air wing of 65 to 70 aircraft — each of which can be considered a floating military base.”
The Empire’s Hustle: Why Anti-Trumpism Doesn’t Include Anti-War
Nothing rehabilitates an unpopular president in capitalist “America” like war.
Chuck Turchick | Comments on the Upcoming Vietnam War Series on PBS
Our actions may have been closer to the acts of Nazi Germany than we would like to admit. Both governments perpetrated imperialist, racist, and genocidal policies. Editor’s Note: Beginning on September 17th at 7 pm on TPT (Channel 2, Minnesota), PBS will be showing the Ken Burns series on the Vietnam War. Already a […]
Global Research | The Truth About North Korea
Russia and China urge diplomacy to resolve a deepening crisis. They want tensions defused.
When Washington Decides Democracy Is Dangerous: Stoking Opposition in Venezuela and Syria
The opposition “movements” in Venezuela and Syria have a great deal in common: both are seeking the demise of democratically-elected governments; both resort to violence and acts of terrorism; both are tools of U.S. and Western imperialism, and both are failing. A Venezuelan protester holds a poster that reads in Spanish “Against Imperialist aggression, respect […]
No More War (Music Video) and Action, North Korea
With Trump ramping up threats against North Korea, we need to take action to abolish war and urge diplomacy now more than ever! An event happened in DC here. You can organize a vigil in your own area. We have flyers and sign-up sheets to download here. Let’s flood the White House with calls between 9 am to 4 pm […]
Polly Mann | Of Cabbages and Kings
There is no question that the United States has the biggest, strongest, costliest armaments in the world and it devises the rules by which other nations use or display their ships, troops, and arms.
Accounting, or not, for the cost of war by Adam Johnson
Politics is priorities, and ours align with a specific class whose interests are far out of line with the collective good.
Kathy Kelly | “Would you like a drink of water?” Please Ask a Yemeni Child.
“Disarm and live.”
This world in arms is not spending money alone.
Washington Post Keeps Running Op-Eds by Lobbyists Pushing Their Clients’ Weapons
Weapons manufacturers Lockheed Martin and Raytheon were promoted, with articles naming North Korea as a particular threat and reason to augment weapons systems.
Forbidden Questions? 24 Key Issues That Neither the Washington Elite Nor the Media Consider Worth Their Bother by Andrew J. Bacevich
Apart from a commendable determination to discomfit Trump and members of his inner circle (select military figures excepted, at least for now), journalism remains pretty much what it was prior to November 8th of last year: personalities built up only to be torn down; fads and novelties discovered, celebrated, then mocked; “extraordinary” stories of ordinary people granted 15 seconds of fame only to once again be consigned to oblivion…
William Hartung | The American Way of War Is a Budget-Breaker: Never Has a Society Spent More for Less
Put another way, preparations for and the pursuit of war will ensure that any future America is dirtier, sicker, poorer, more rickety, and less safe.
Bruce Gagnon | Military Space Plane Returns from Two-Year Secret Mission
The actual expense of the X-37 is hidden in the Pentagon’s ‘black,’ or classified, budget but is likely to cost more than $1 billion.
The Constitution and Conscience: NSA’s Thomas Drake (Video)
A program that he exposed was later confirmed by the NSA to have been a waste of over a billion dollars.
Mary Beaudoin | Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Cost of War
Surveys for the last five years have shown that the American public would prefer to see a cut in defense spending. In 2016, people responded that they do not want funding for nuclear weapons increased.
New Infographics showing world military spending in 2016
World military spending 2016:
$1.69 Trillion
Kathy Kelly | The Shame of Killing Innocent People
Saudi coalition airstrikes have hit at least four hospitals supported by Doctors Without Borders.
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